Bug's Mom Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Dd (10) is bouncing off the walls....we're going to see Alash Ensemble (www.alashensemble.com) tomorrow night and she's going to meet them after the show. She's been listening to throat singing for a while now and really REALLY wants to meet Kongar-Ol Ondar. She discovered him in she documentary Genghis Blues. She's been practicing all week so that she can say "Hello, my name is..." in Tuvan. If you get a chance, watch the previously mentioned documentary. It's wonderful, though it usually makes me cry a bit. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 My husband LOVES Genghis Blues - it is a fabulous documentary. My husband occasionally tries his own version of throat singing. How exciting for your daughter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I liked that movie, too, and showed it to my mom, who also enjoyed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I thought I was the only one. I hope she has a great time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 DS is obsessed with Tuvan & Mongolian throat singing! We saw a Mongolian group live last summer, and they also did a seminar on the history of throat singing and different techniques. DS practices constantly and would love to find someone who gives lessons. He's really interested in that whole area, culturally & linguistically, and for Christmas he got a stack of CDs and a couple of books on Mongolian language & grammar. Now he wants to go to Swarthmore, because the linguistics department there offers a course in Tuvan! Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug's Mom Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 So cool to find others who know what the heck I'm talking about. ;) She's hoping to learn some more words/phrases and I think she's hoping for some tips on throat singing, though I think she'll be too self-concious to try. I'll be sure to post pics when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipsey Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 HAHAH! I love Tuvan throat singing. I try it from time to time until my husband begs me to quit! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 So cool to find others who know what the heck I'm talking about. ;) LOL. I'll admit that I knew what it was, but only from watching the Big Bang Theory :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm379 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 And I thought this was going to be about Sheldon. We looked it up on youtube after we saw that episode. Kids are fascinated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I remember watching a really good documentary in high school about Richard Feynman which talked a lot about Tuvan throat singing. I'm guessing Richard Feynman is what motivated the BBT episode too, though I've never watched it so that's pure hypothesis. I think it was this one: Edit: It may have been this one, which seems to definitely be relevant (part 3 of a series): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mn4_40hAAr0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug's Mom Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 We're back from the concert. OMG! It was great. They played for almost 1 1/2 hours. Dd got to meet them and got a poster signed. She made dragon drawings for each of them. She was given a really cool necklace. I'm dealing with bad wi-fi so probably won't have pics up until Sunday night/Monday morning. We almost got to go hang out with them after the show, but they were pretty tired. They've been doing school shows all week, including 2 earlier today. Dh recorded audio of the whole show. Dd listened to it while falling asleep at the hotel. :) They taught her couple more Tuvan words, so she thought that that was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug's Mom Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 I manged to get some pics up on my blog. I'll add more after we get home and I can get some off of dh's camera. http://thebugslife.blogspot.com/2013/03/alash-tuvan-throat-singing.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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